Yampa tubing ends

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS -- The commercial tubing season in Steamboat Springs has ended early because of low stream flows on the Yampa River, and state wildlife officials are trying to curb fishing.

The city's three tubing outfitters agreed to suspend their operations Wednesday after river flows became too low to easily float and protect the waterway's habitat and wildlife.

Rafting companies say it has been a brutal year, with water levels far below yearly averages. This year, the season ended more than a month early under a master plan to limit ecological damage put in place about a decade ago.

On Thursday, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials asked anglers to voluntarily avoid the river in the Steamboat Springs section because fish are already stressed by extremely low flows and rising water temperatures.

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